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Betty and her husband Bob Hinton were married in 1959. Bob also grew up in Peterborough. She met Bob in high school. Bob grew up on Homewood Avenue in the West End and she grew up in the East End, she didn't know him until high school. When Betty and Bob got married they had about 100 people at the wedding. The wedding was in August and Betty remembers that it was "beastly hot". There was no dance and the dinner was at the church in the lower hall. When they left the church they went back to her parents home where she got changed and they left from there at about 7 in the evening, very typical of weddings at the time – most of her friends did the same. Her bridesmaids wore a nice bright turquoise organza; she still has a piece of the fabric. Princess Margaret was married in organza and it was the popular material for dresses at the time, Betty's dress was also organza. She had 3 bridesmaids, a friend from her street that she grew up with, a friend from Queen's and her niece who was a junior bridesmaid. Betty and Bob had 2 children: a girl (Jane) and a boy (David.) They have a total of 6 grandchildren, with each of their children having had three children of their own.

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Betty Hinton and her family on her graduation day at Queen's University.
18 May 1957
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada